The Limits of Familiarity : Authorship and Romantic Readers.

The Limits of Familiarity : Authorship and Romantic Readers.

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"What did Wordsworth wear, and where did he walk? Who was Byron's new mistress, and how did his marriage fare? Answers-sometimes accurate, sometimes not-were tantalizingly at the ready for Romantic-era readers. Confessional poetry, romans à clef, personal essays, gossip columns, and more...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Eckert, Lindsey
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick : Bucknell University Press, 2022.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Transits: Literature, Thought and Culture 1650-1850 Ser.
Subjects:
1700-1799
Books and reading > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Fame > Social aspects > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Authors and readers > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Romanticism > England.
Authors and readers.
Books and reading.
Fame > Social aspects.
Romanticism.
England.
Great Britain.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • INTRODUCTION Familiarity's "due bounds"
  • 1 CHARLOTTE SMITH, WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, AND THE PROBLEMS OF READING FAMILIARITY
  • 2 "THOUGH A STRANGER TO YOU" Byron's Poetics of Familiarity and Readerly Attachment
  • 3 LADY CAROLINE LAMB'S FEMALE FOLLIES AND THE DANGERS OF FAMILIARITY
  • 4 "THE WHOLE CURSED STORY" William Hazlitt's Familiar Style
  • 5 MEDIATING A MANUSCRIPT ETHOS Familiarity in Albums and Literary Annuals
  • CODA Lifting "the film of familiarity"
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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